No, I was hoping the grip was a little wider. The G29/30 fit my hand better. I'm using the large beavertail on my G19 now and thought if the Gen 5 G19 grip was wider it'd give me an excuse to upgrade. :)
You might check out the Apex Tactical connector. I ordered one on a bit of a whim (I was ordering a flat face trigger, and decided to give the connector a try so I ordered the kit instead of just the trigger) and just installed it in a Gen 5 19 MOS. While it slightly reduces the trigger pull weight and smooths out the trigger pull a bit, its biggest benefit is that it softens up the wall to the point where I would describe it as mild stacking as opposed to a wall. It's a noticeable improvement over the Gen 5 gun with an OEM connector, which in itself is a definite improvement over the previous generation Glocks I've owned.
Both the Apex and factory connector guns have SCDs, and there's no fit/function issues with the SCD in either.
By my own admission, I don’t necessarily like Glock pistols, but I really do respect them.
A gen 5 G17 came into the shop wearing CAP sights and an outline of Georgia with a P in the middle of it, a carried a lot gun that Glock rebuilt. I snagged it in a heart beat.
My pervious experiences have been with mostly G19’s and 23’s, gens 3 and 4, and one G34. Nothing special, and I had to work really hard to hit decently with them, and with the G23 at least, I crushed the grip so much that the factory magazines wouldn’t feed reliably.
The G17 gen 5 has a satisfactory trigger to it, good sights, a stupid easy magwell, and the factory grip doesn’t point noticeably different compared to a G19 for me, which points noticeably different compared to anything else in my hands. I ran Dot Torture with it and scored 48/50 at 5 yards, and 47/50 with my 1911. I was surprised at how it handled and tracked under recoil, given that I haven’t shot one in close to 5 years.
A floodlight just showed up to the house, and it now wears a TLR1HL. It’ll do the job just fine, and much better than pervious generations and smaller framed Glocks for me.
It’ll be my go-to for a bit, given that the optic-ready VP9’s don’t have suppressor height sight sets available, and the white light washes out the dot.
Have to give credit where credit is due.
Looks like a buddy is going to order a 19.5 this week. He won't be able to handle the pistol prior to ordering, so does anyone know the serial number range he needs to be in to make sure he gets one with the breech face cut?
ETA: I emailed the same question to Glock customer service and already got this reply...fekkin pathetic.
Good Afternoon,
I would not have that information available.
Have a Great Day!
Michael
There's a thread on Glock Talk but I haven't waded through it to see how much useful info there is. I know they had a thread on the 26 which gave serial number prefixes. Might try there... Anyway, here's the link as a start:
https://www.glocktalk.com/threads/ge...1783294/page-4
Y’all rock, thanking you.
Another friend jumped on the 19.5 bandwagon early on...against my advice as I absolutely loathe the half moon cut out on the front strap...and now he's bent because he's finally shot them enough to agree about the cut out and he can't get shiite in trade value. He tried the Pearce hole filler magazine base plate, but he has small hands and didn't like how it forced his pinky finger outward.
By fluke, I happened to run across a pic of the SLR Rifleworks mag well earlier today, but those are out of stock and probably won't be back. Anyway, it made me wonder if there were any other half moon filling mag wells and if anyone here has any experience with them.
All hand size dependent I guess. I love the front strap cutout on the G19. I’m actually really disappointed that you can’t get a G19 that has the front cocking serrations and breechface notch with the front strap cutout. You either have to mix and match slides and frames, or sacrifice features. The cutout, when paired with the Gen5 magazine extended base plates, is fantastic for what it was designed to do: aid in stripping stuck magazines during one handed malfunction clearance. To get the same effect without the cutout, you’d need magazine base plates that extend even further past the front of the frame, like the CBP Glocks have. That may or may not be a factor when trying to conceal those spare mags.
With all the chainsaw and bidet content, I'd almost forgot we have a forum for pistols and this thread.
A year later and I'm still completely smitten with my pair of gen 5 G17's. I haven't fiddled with any ghost minus dot connectors or anything else. Gen 5 Glocks are the best Glocks as far as I'm concerned.
Neither of mine have the new breech face cutout, which I didn't even know was a thing until I opened this thread and skimmed through the last 10 or so pages. Neither have exhibited any extraction or ejection problems.